Thursday 8 August 2024

Saint Cyriacus. Saint Largus. Saint Smaragdus. Martyrs. Feast Day 8 August.


Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saints Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaragdus.
   Martyrs.
   Feast Day 8 August.

Semi-Double.

Red Vestments.


English: Stained-Glass Window, depicting Saint Cyriacus (Right) and Saint Pantaleon (Left), Parish Church of
Saint Pelagius, Weitnau, Bavaria, Germany.
Deutsch: Pfarrkirche St. Pelagius, Weitnau, Nothelferfenster, Sankt Pantaleon und Sankt Cyriacus.
Photo: September 2007.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Cyriacus, a Deacon of The Roman Church under Popes Marcellinus and Marcellus, was put to death in 303 A.D. during the Persecution of Diocletian.

He had twenty-two Christian companions, who were killed with him, among whom were Largus and Smaragdus.

Saint Cyriacus is one of “The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints". See Zephyrinus's Article on 22 July 2019 HERE

Mass: Timéte Dóminum.


English: Stained-Glass Window depicting Saint Cyriacus.
Church of Saint Cyriacus, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Deutsch: Katholische Pfarrkirche, ehemalige Stiftskirche St. Cyriakus in Geseke im Kreis Soest (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Bleiglasfenster von 1909 von der Glasmalerei Carl Hertel in Düsseldorf, Darstellung: Hl. Cyriakus, Signatur: Carl Hertel Hofglasmaler Düsseldorf 1909.
Photo: 26 October 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: GFreihalter
(Wikimedia Commons)


English: The Church of Saint Cyriacus,
Duderstadt, North Saxony, Germany.
Deutsch: St.-Cyriakus-Kirche,
Duderstadt, Niedersachsen, Deutschland.
Blick auf den Flügelaltar im Hochchor.
Photo: 28 December 2011.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

Saint Cyriacus, together with Saints Largus and Smaragdus and others (of whom Crescentianus, Memmia and Juliana are mentioned in The Roman Martyrology), is Venerated on 
8 August. All that is known with certainty, apart from their names and the fact of their Martyrdom, is that they were buried at The Seventh Milestone of the Via Ostiensis on that date.


Saint Cyriacus is one of "The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints".
Artist: René de Cramer.
“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.
Used with Permission.

2 comments:

  1. As usual, Zephyrinus takes us on a "winged journey" to beautiful and inspiring Catholic shrines throughout the world. The view of the Church of S. Cyriacus in Duderstadt, Niedersachsen (Germany) is a case in point. How can the mind not be elevated to God in such a shrine?

    This commenter was interested in the German subscript above under the view of the altar: "Blick auf den Flügelaltar im Hochchor." This commenter's impressive command of Deutsche (!) thought that "flugel" means only "flight, airborne". (An airport is a "flughaven.") So, checking on the matter, a "Flügelaltar" is a "winged altar," and the meaning of the sentence is "View of the winged altar from the high choir." Definitely one's prayers have wings in this shrine. - Comment by Dante P.

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    1. Delighted that Dante P also uses (as does Zephyrinus) the correct wordage of “Commenter” for one who Comments. It irritates Zephyrinus when hearing/reading the modern-day usage of “Commentator”. Ugh !!!

      Also delighted that Dante P's “Deutsche Sprechen” is somewhat better than Zephyrinus’s.

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